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In a pretrial hearing, Goodman's lawyers brought in Laura Barfield -- the former chief blood sample manager for the FDLE to testify about whether Goodman's DUI blood sample could have been skewed higher by use of a larger needle than usual.

Barfield said larger needles cause blood cells to rupture and she believes this to cause skewed results. However she admitted when she was in charge of all state DUI blood draws she never changed rules to make a standard size needle required.

Under cross examination she said she could not remember which studies she based her opinions on.

Barfield was terminated by FDLE last year during an internal investigation into her alleged misuse of state credit cards.

Testimony continues after lunch.

Colbath has not ruled on whether he will allow the blood sample to be included or which experts can testify about the sampling methods and possible flaws.